Fix: Error code 0x80070001 when activating Office 2010

This article may interest you, if when you try to activate Office 2010 and you receive the following error message:

An unspecified error has occurred. Your request cannot be processed at this time. Please try again later.

You will experience this issue, if one of the following conditions is true:
– If you have CD emulation software installed, a registry key is preventing the hardware ID from being acquired.
– A required registry key is not set correctly or is misisng.

To manually resolve this issue, do the following:

1. Click Start, on the Search Bar, type regedit, then hit Enter
2. In the Registry Editor, search for the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\CONTROL\CLASS\{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
3. Look for UpperFilters, which is type REG_MULTI_SZ.

4. Double-click UpperFilters, and then under Value data, add PartMgr to the top of the list. Click OK.
5. Restart the computer.
6. Start any Office 2010 application and follow the prompts to activate.

Alternatively, to fix this problem automatically, download and run Microsoft Fix it 50669 solution.